DD is at home sick today, so I am re-watching the last couple of episodes. I LOVE the concert scene, brings a tear to my eye every time. How restrained of Mary to resist the implulse to run to Matthew when he appeared at the back of the room. He looks so handsome in his uniform, I was a bit non-plussed by him in the last series, but I'm rather more keen this series!
I am absolutely not countenancing the idea that Matthew will not recover and he and Mary will not live happily ever after, altough I presume she will suffer at the hands of the dasterdly Sir Richard in the meantime.
I find the war scenes very harrowing. My granddad fought in the Somme, he had shrapnel in his shoulder until he died aged 89. He rarely spoke about the experience as he found it so disstressing, but I remember him describing being in the trenches up to his knees in muddy water floating with dead rats. He was only 16 when he joined up (lied about his age). I have a 13 year old boy. It makes me well up to think about it 
When I see war scenes I always picture my grandad there, so I try to aviod them!
I love Violet, but cannot understand why Sybil is not being plagued by the recovering officers, she is so stunning surely Branston is not the only one to be smitten.